Pasta Grannies Goes Global!

Time flies when you’re making pasta! It’s been roughly 10 years since I started Pasta Grannies. Over that time, we’ve documented around 500 nonne across Italy making their recipes and sharing their stories. My team has grown, my love of Italian culture continues to grow too, and my penchant for pasta seems to be going nowhere! So now, looking ahead to the future and the next 10 years. What can you expect? Well, we’re keen to take Pasta Grannies global.

So, what does that mean exactly? 

We’d like to replicate the same concept of hand-made, handed-down recipes across the rest of the world. You can think of the term pasta as a loose one (in Italy, it literally translates to ‘dough’). We’d love to travel to places outside of Italy, finding and following the real food heroes, the grandparents, who leave their legacies and stories through baking, making, shaping and creating. And we want to start with you and your stories.  If you’ve got a granny, or a long-standing family recipe, we’d love to hear about them! 

And to mark the occasion…

We are excited to announce the opening of NONNA APPROVED: THE PASTA GRANNIES RECIPE COMPETITION.

We’re launching a competition for our Pasta Grannies fans, giving you the chance to have your own family stories and creations published on the Pasta Grannies website for all our community to see. The competition will be ‘Nonna Approved’ and real nonne in Italy will be involved in the judging process. We’re looking for both your Pasta Recipes, as well as your favourite recipes handed down to you by your grandparents. Full details below. We can’t wait to dig in to your submissions! 

ENTRY WINDOW

24th March – 17th April

ENTRY CATEGORIES (Please only enter one)

• Your pasta recipe
• Your grandparent recipe

HOW TO SUBMIT

• Email hello@pastagrannies.com with the SUBJECT: RECIPE COMPETITION.
• Please include: your recipe as a word document, a picture of your finished creation, and short bio (max. 500 words) about you and the story behind your recipe. 
• Please read the below terms and conditions before submitting your kitchen creation.

JUDGING AND ANNOUNCEMENT

Entries will be judged by the Pasta Grannies team and selected nonnas in Italy. We will judge these based on originality, flavour, creativity, methodology, as well as the storytelling behind the recipe. We will announce the winner on 12th May. 

THE PRIZE

Winners will have their recipes published on the Pasta Grannies website, as well as being gifted a year long membership to the Pasta Grannies Club. For those not familiar with our club, this is a space where you can take a seat at our table, getting exclusive access to weekly nonne interviews, recipes, and behind-the-scenes content from le nonne and our team. 

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• Only one entry allowed per person. 
• Please only enter one category. If your recipe is both a pasta and grandparent recipe, please list it as ‘pasta recipe’. 
• Contestants must subscribe to the Pasta Grannies newsletter and follow us on either TikTok, Instagram or YouTube. 
• All entries must be emailed as a word document. Please use size 12 font. Include the ingredient list, quantities, methodology, serving portion and cooking time. Please attach a picture.
• Please label the file as RECIPE_YOUR NAME_CATEGORY OF ENTRY [e.g. PORCINI RAGU_MICHAELLA_PASTA]
• Please also include a short summary (no more than 500 words) sharing a little information about you and the story behind this recipe using the form below. 
• Entries must be submitted no later than 00.00 EST on 17th April. 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By entering the competition, all entrants agree to the use of their data for competition purposes. Winning recipes and imagery will be used on the Pasta Grannies website. Some recipe details and imagery may also be shared on social media. 

Thank you for sharing your creations with us. We are so grateful you have chosen to share your story. We can’t wait to dig in to your submissions!